In case people don't understand the reference you're making, Terentiy Maltsev (a colleague of Lysenko) convinced the Chinese leadership to mandate a theoretical

In case people don't understand the reference you're making, Terentiy Maltsev (a colleague of Lysenko) convinced the Chinese leadership to mandate a theoretical planting technique called "deep plowing" -- sowing seeds 1 to 2 meters deep -- which was one of the multitude of causes of the Chinese famine. The history of Lysenko and his circle's influence on Soviet and Chinese farming, and the triumph of political influence peddling and ideology over reality, seems almost unfathomable, but was very real.